I come to an unusual pass at JSVB: gushing praise for Steven. Is it sacriligious to canonize Steven, or is it worse to have to admit that I am in awe of my brother-in-law? The joke's on him, though. He's a Protestant, so he couldn't be a saint if he tried.
On to the praise. A lot of the Olympic-themed pictures in JSVB are entirely due to Steven swinging some amazing tickets for us. We were originally lucky enough to draw for Olympic Opening Ceremonies as well as two events on our own. However, Steven was able to find for us box seats for Closing Ceremonies as well as floor seats for Paralympic Opening Ceremonies. Years of dinners at our place have now been equalled if not excelled by unbelievable once-in-a-lifetime tickets that would have cost us thousands of dollars.
On top of that, Steven also scored some great collectors' lapel pins, including a very rare design team pin that someone had carelessly thrown away. Since my wife collects these pins, she was absolutely in heaven with the pins she got from her brother.
Finally, Steven got me into the big Olympic Sell-Off, where gently used items and souvenirs were sold at cut-rate prices. We got some sweet Olympic swag for cents on the dollar. Too bad I didn't need five hundred thousand kilometers of extension cords, though. The only thing more amazing than the massive assortment of cords was that somebody coiled them all up by hand.
So, like any good saint, Steven gets his own stained glass window. Just don't ask about the fish, or the radio that's strapped to it. If you know Steven, you can bug him about that.
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